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ISTANBUL (AA): At least 10 people, including three police officers, have been injured in a bomb attack in a police station in Istanbul early Monday morning, security sources said. “One deputy police chief, two police officers and seven people were slightly injured in an attack with a bomb-laden vehicle to the Fatih Police Station in Sultanbeyli district at 01.00 […]

8th Aug 2015

Turkey: 9 Syrians die as overcrowded minibus crashes

BALIKESIR, Turkey (AA): Nine Syrian nationals have died when an overcrowded minibus they were travelling in hit a wall in the north-western Turkish province of Balikesir on Saturday. Havran district governor Yasin Ozturk told Anadolu Agency that nine people died and many others were injured in the accident near the Sapci region. Ozturk said that the […]

3rd Aug 2015

Turkey: Tatars call for intervention in Crimea

ANKARA (AA): Crimean Tatars called for “international intervention” against the Russian occupation of their homeland on Sunday. In a statement issued at the end of a two-day meeting in Turkish capital Ankara, the forum of 184 Tatar groups from 12 countries said the freedoms and rights of their compatriots “forced to live under Russian occupation… […]

28th Jul 2015

Turkey-Iran gas pipeline blown up in Agri province

ANKARA (AA): The Turkey-Iran natural gas pipeline has been blown up in eastern Turkey’s Agri province, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz said late Monday. According to a statement released by the Turkish Energy Ministry, Yildiz said that the suspected sabotage attack took place 15 kilometers inside the country’s eastern border with Iran. “The […]

26th Jul 2015

Turkey: Protesters, police clash in eastern Turkey

MARDIN/SIRNAK, (AA): Protesters clashed with riot police late Saturday night in the eastern provinces of Mardin and Sirnak over airstrikes against illegal Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) in Iraq. Masked protesters rallied in Nusaybin district of Mardin to demonstrate protesting Turkey’s air campaign against PKK training camps in northern Iraq. The pro-PKK protesters hurled stones, fireworks and petrol bombs […]

25th Jul 2015

Turkey jets bomb Daesh, PKK in Syria

ANKARA (AA): Turkish fighter jets are involved in a campaign targeting terrorist organizations Daesh and the PKK beyond the country’s borders, sources from the Prime Ministry said Friday night. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is holding a late-hour high-level meeting on the campaign against terrorist groups. Earlier, Turkish military sources said fighter jets have taken off from southeastern […]

21st Jul 2015

Turkey: 31 killed as blast hits Suruk

SANLIURFA, (AA) : At least 31 people were killed in a possible suicide bomb attack in southern Turkey on Monday, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said. “One of our compatriots died in the evening. So we have lost 31 citizens,” he said from Sanliurfa province, where he is part of a ministerial team sent to the scene of the attack. […]

16th Jul 2015

Turkish island gathers Muslims and Christians for iftar

CANAKKALE, Turkey (AA): Muslim and Christian Turkish citizens have gathered on Turkey’s Aegean Sea island of Gokceada on Wednesday for an iftar (breaking of fast) meal. The iftar, organized by the Gokceada Municipality was attended by around 3,000 people who were treated to a concert and a performance by Sufi whirling dervishes. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Gokceada District Governor Muhittin Gurel […]

15th Jul 2015

Turkey: 6 killed, 37 injured in bus crashes

BOLU, (AA): Six people have died in a major traffic accident on one of Turkey’s main highways. Two buses were involved in two collisions in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Turkey’s Trans-European Motorway; 37 people were also injured. A first coach, which was heading to Istanbul from Nigde province, reportedly toppled […]

6th Jul 2015

Turkey: 15 killed, 2 injured in accident in Manisa

[Photo: Photographer: Ahmet İzgi’/Anadolu Agency By Can Erözden MANISA, Turkey (AA): A total of 15 people were killed in a traffic accident in the western Turkish province of Manisa on Monday morning, police said. According to the police, two people were also injured when a pickup carrying agricultural workers collided with a trailer truck in Golmarmara […]

25th Jun 2015

Philippines lauds Turkey’s involvement in peace talks

[Photo: Head of the largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines, MILEF, Hajj Murad Al-Ebrahim. Photographer: Turgut Alp Boyraz]/AA] By Hader Glang and Satuk Bugra Kutlugun ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines/ANKARA (AA): The Philippines is lauding Turkey’s involvement in peace talks between the government and the country’s one time largest Moro rebel group, according to a statement Wednesday from […]

19th Jun 2015

Turkey: Bittersweet Ramadan joy of Syrians on Turkish border

[Photo: A baker makes breads at a bakery, the last working bakery in the town serves varied Kurdish groups fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in border town of Kobani of Aleppo, Syria on November 10, 2014. Kaynak: Ahmed Deeb, Publisher: Taha Mehmet Uğurlu] By Nilay Kar Onum AKCAKALE, SANLIURFA, […]

8th Jun 2015

Turkey: AKP party suffers major setback in elections

[President Erdoğan casts his vote at a school building in İstanbul’s Üsküdar district. Photo HDA] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered a major setback in parliamentary elections, with the ruling AKP party failing to win an absolute majority. His hopes of constitutional change seem thwarted. With 99.9 percent of ballots counted, Erdogan’s ruling […]

7th Jun 2015

Turkey: 53 million voters head for key parliamentary polls

Ankara, (Hurriyet Daily News) A total of 53,741,838 voters in Turkey go to the ballot boxes on June 7, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to cast their votes, which will reshuffle the 550-seat parliament and also define the new government for the next four years. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has framed the […]

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Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.